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Continental gets first U.S. Boeing 737 with Sky Interior

Continental Airlines (which is merging with United) received this Boeing 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, making it the first U.S. airline to get the interior. (Boeing)

Continental Airlines Wednesday became the first U.S. airline to get a Boeing 737 with the new Boeing Sky Interior.

The 737-800 bears the new merged United Airlines-Continental livery, although the two airlines are still operating separately under parent United Continental Holdings. It was the 376th 737 delivered in 2010, topping 2009′s record of 372.

“We are proud to be the first carrier in North America to introduce the brand-new Boeing Sky Interior to our customers,” Ron Baur, United fleet vice president, said in a news release. “The new lighting and sculpted side panels give the 737 a modern and more spacious look, while providing increased overhead storage space.”

The 787 Dreamliner-based Sky Interior features new, sculpted sidewalls and window reveals, larger stow bins, more headroom around aisle seats, new switches and call buttons and LED lighting. Here’s a photo gallery of the first delivered Sky Interior 737, to flydubai.

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